Emission profile tracking for electronic displays

ABSTRACT

This disclosure provide various techniques for tracking emission profiles on an electronic display. An emission profile may be applied to the electronic display in order to illuminate certain pixels and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain pixels in the electronic display to facilitate refreshing (e.g., programming with new image data) the deactivated pixels. A real-time row-based average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculation architecture may track the one or more EM profiles to accurately model EM profile behavior, which may enable accurate calculation of the average pixel level or average pixel luminance of the electronic display at any one point in time. The accurate average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculations effectuated by the EM profile tracking may be used to reduce the IR drop, improve real-time peak-luminance control, and improve the performance of under-display sensors, among other advantages.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No.63/291,111, filed Dec. 17, 2021, entitled “EMISSION PROFILE TRACKING FORELECTRONIC DISPLAYS,” the disclosure of which is incorporated byreference in its entirety for all purposes.

SUMMARY

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for tracking pulsesand/or emission masks of an emission profile of an electronic display.

A summary of certain embodiments disclosed herein is set forth below. Itshould be understood that these aspects are presented to provide thereader with a brief summary of these certain embodiments and that theseaspects are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure.

Electronic displays may be found in numerous electronic devices, frommobile phones to computers, televisions, automobile dashboards, andaugmented reality or virtual reality glasses, to name just a few.Electronic displays with self-emissive display pixels produce their ownlight. Self-emissive display pixels may include any suitablelight-emissive elements, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) such asorganic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) or micro-light-emitting diodes(μLEDs). By causing different display pixels to emit different amountsof light, individual display pixels of an electronic display maycollectively produce images.

An emission profile may be applied to the electronic display toilluminate certain pixels and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain pixelsfrom emitting light in the electronic display. The emission profile mayalso be referred to as an “EM profile,” “pixel mask,” or “emissionmask.” Over time, the emission profile may shift such that the emissionprofile illuminates certain other pixels and deactivates certain otherpixels. The emission profile may include any appropriate number ofpulses per image frame (e.g., 1 pulse, 2 pulses, 4 pulses, 10 pulses,and so on), may include a variety of shapes of pulses (e.g., evenlyspaced horizontal pulses, evenly spaced vertical pulses, unevenly spaceddiagonal pulses, and so on), and may include pulses of variouspulse-widths based on a variety of factors, such as which application isbeing displayed on the electronic display, whether the end of an oldframe or the beginning of a new frame is displayed on the electronicdisplay, and so on. As such, different emission profiles may changeper-application, per-frame, or both. The different emission profiles mayresult in a variation in the average pixel level or average pixelluminance of image data to be displayed on the electronic display. Asused herein, average pixel level may be combined with a displaybrightness value (DBV)—representing a global display brightness settingfor the electronic display—to produce an average pixel luminance.Although these two types of values may be referred to in differentcontexts as “APL” and are not exactly the same, depending on the usecase, the system may use average pixel level or average pixel luminanceof the electronic display to adjust image data or the operation of theelectronic display.

A real-time row-based calculation architecture may track the one or moreEM profiles to accurately model EM profile behavior, which may enableaccurate calculation of the average pixel level or the average pixelluminance of the electronic display at any one point in time. Theaccurate calculations effectuated by the EM profile tracking may be usedto reduce the IR drop, improve real-time peak-luminance control, andimprove the performance of under-display sensors, among otheradvantages.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various aspects of this disclosure may be better understood upon readingthe following detailed description and upon reference to the drawingsdescribed below in which like numerals refer to like parts.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device having an electronicdisplay, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an example of the electronic device in the form of a handhelddevice, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an example of the electronic device in the form of a tabletdevice, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an example of the electronic device in the form of a notebookcomputer, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an example of the electronic device in the form of a wearabledevice, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the electronic display, in accordance withan embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an emission profile implemented on theelectronic device of FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an illustration of the emission profile of FIG. 7 after theemission profile has shifted, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 9 is an illustration of a non-uniform emission profile implementedon the electronic display of an electronic device, in accordance with anembodiment;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an emission profile in a normal frameand the emission profile in an intraframe pause (IFP) frame thatincludes an intraframe pause, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method for receiving and tracking theemission profile of FIG. 7 , in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an emission profilecorresponding to particular image frame data and determining, based onthe emission profile, average pixel level or average pixel luminance ofthe electronic display, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a diagram of an average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation scheme used to determine frame average pixel levelor average pixel luminance by determining the row average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance for each row based on a given emission profile,in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a diagram of an average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation scheme used to determine the frame average pixellevel or average pixel luminance using an emission profile trackingscheme, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 15 includes a timing diagram and a graph illustrating entering rowsand exiting rows as a previous frame exits the electronic display and acurrent frame enters the electronic display, in accordance with anembodiment;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an overview of the emission profiletracking scheme, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 17 is an example illustrating peak luminance control without theemission profile tracking scheme, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating potentially excessive peak luminancecontrol throttling in the electronic display, in accordance with anembodiment;

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating peak luminance control using theemission profile tracking scheme to decrease or avoid the potentiallyexcessive peak luminance control throttling illustrated in FIG. 18 , inaccordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an emission profile fora current image frame in transition from a persistence mode and, basedon the emission profile, adjusting brightness or voltage settings of theelectronic display, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating adjusting emission pulses to improvepersistence, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 22 is a diagram of a system for adjusting brightness or voltagesettings of the electronic display, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an emission profile fora current image frame and collecting or compensating under-displaysensor data of an under-display sensor based on an emission profile, inaccordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating operation of the under-display sensorof FIG. 23 , in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a method for receiving an emission profile fora current image frame and, based on the emission profile, compensatingtouch sensor noise due to emission current, in accordance with anembodiment; and

FIG. 26 is a block diagram of a portion of the electronic device, inaccordance with an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS

One or more specific embodiments will be described below. In an effortto provide a concise description of these embodiments, not all featuresof an actual implementation are described in the specification. Itshould be appreciated that in the development of any such actualimplementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerousimplementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve thedevelopers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related andbusiness-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation toanother. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a developmenteffort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be aroutine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those ofordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.

When introducing elements of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the articles “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to mean thatthere are one or more of the elements. The terms “including” and“having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may beadditional elements other than the listed elements. Additionally, itshould be understood that references to “some embodiments,”“embodiments,” “one embodiment,” or “an embodiment” of the presentdisclosure are not intended to be interpreted as excluding the existenceof additional embodiments that also incorporate the recited features.Furthermore, the phrase A “based on” B is intended to mean that A is atleast partially based on B. Moreover, the term “or” is intended to beinclusive (e.g., logical OR) and not exclusive (e.g., logical XOR). Inother words, the phrase A “or” B is intended to mean A, B, or both A andB.

Electronic displays may be found in numerous electronic devices, frommobile phones to computers, televisions, automobile dashboards, andaugmented reality or virtual reality glasses, to name just a few.Electronic displays with self-emissive display pixels produce their ownlight. Self-emissive display pixels may include any suitablelight-emissive elements, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) such asorganic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) or micro-light-emitting diodes(μLEDs). By causing different display pixels to emit different amountsof light, individual display pixels of an electronic display maycollectively produce images.

An emission profile may be applied to the electronic display in order toilluminate certain pixels and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain pixelsin the electronic display. The emission profile may also be referred toas an “EM profile,” “pixel mask,” or “emission mask.” The emissionprofile may shift such that the emission profile illuminates certainother pixels and deactivates certain other pixels. The emission profilemay include any appropriate number of pulses (e.g., 1 pulse, 2 pulses, 4pulses, 10 pulses, and so on), may include a variety of shapes of pulses(e.g., evenly spaced horizontal pulses, evenly spaced vertical pulses,unevenly spaced diagonal pulses, and so on), and may include pulses ofvarious pulse-widths based on a variety of factors, such as whichapplication is being displayed on the electronic display, whether theend of an old frame or the beginning of a new frame is displayed on theelectronic display, and so on. As such, different emission profiles maychange per-application, per-frame, or both. The different emissionprofiles may result in a variation in the average pixel level or averagepixel luminance of image data to be displayed on the electronic display.As used herein, average pixel level may be combined with a displaybrightness value (DBV)— representing a display brightness setting forthe electronic display—to produce an average pixel luminance of theelectronic display. Although these two types of values may be referredto in different contexts as “APL” and are not exactly the same,depending on the use case, the system may use average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance of the electronic display to adjust image dataor the operation of the electronic display.

A real-time row-based calculation architecture may track the one or moreEM profiles to accurately model EM profile behavior, which may enableaccurate calculation of the average pixel level or the average pixelluminance of the electronic display at any one point in time. Theaccurate calculations effectuated by the EM profile tracking may be usedto reduce the IR drop, improve real-time peak-luminance control, andimprove the performance of under-display sensors, among otheradvantages.

With this in mind, an example of an electronic device 10, which includesan electronic display 12 that may benefit from these features, is shownin FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device10. The electronic device 10 may be any suitable electronic device, suchas a computer, a mobile (e.g., portable) phone, a portable media device,a tablet device, a television, a handheld game platform, a personal dataorganizer, a virtual-reality headset, a mixed-reality headset, awearable device, a watch, a vehicle dashboard, and/or the like. Thus, itshould be noted that FIG. 1 is merely one example of a particularimplementation and is intended to illustrate the types of componentsthat may be present in an electronic device 10.

In addition to the electronic display 12, as depicted, the electronicdevice 10 includes one or more input devices 14, one or moreinput/output (I/O) ports 16, a processor core complex 18 having one ormore processors or processor cores and/or image processing circuitry,memory 20, one or more storage devices 22, a network interface 24, and apower supply 26. The various components described in FIG. 1 may includehardware elements (e.g., circuitry), software elements (e.g., atangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions),or a combination of both hardware and software elements. It should benoted that the various depicted components may be combined into fewercomponents or separated into additional components. For example, thememory 20 and the storage devices 22 may be included in a singlecomponent. Additionally or alternatively, image processing circuitry ofthe processor core complex 18 may be disposed as a separate module ormay be disposed within the electronic display 12.

The processor core complex 18 is operably coupled with the memory 20 andthe storage device 22. As such, the processor core complex 18 mayexecute instructions stored in memory 20 and/or a storage device 22 toperform operations, such as generating or processing image data. Theprocessor core complex 18 may include one or more microprocessors, oneor more application specific processors (ASICs), one or more fieldprogrammable logic arrays (FPGAs), or any combination thereof.

In addition to instructions, the memory 20 and/or the storage device 22may store data, such as image data. Thus, the memory 20 and/or thestorage device 22 may include one or more tangible, non-transitory,computer-readable media that store instructions executable by processingcircuitry, such as the processor core complex 18, and/or data to beprocessed by the processing circuitry. For example, the memory 20 mayinclude random access memory (RAM) and the storage device 22 may includeread only memory (ROM), rewritable non-volatile memory, such as flashmemory, hard drives, optical discs, and/or the like.

The network interface 24 may enable the electronic device 10 tocommunicate with a communication network and/or another electronicdevice 10. For example, the network interface 24 may connect theelectronic device 10 to a personal area network (PAN), such as aBluetooth network, a local area network (LAN), such as an 802.11x Wi-Finetwork, and/or a wide area network (WAN), such as a fourth-generationwireless network (4G), LTE, or fifth-generation wireless network (5G),or the like. In other words, the network interface 24 may enable theelectronic device 10 to transmit data (e.g., image data) to acommunication network and/or receive data from the communicationnetwork.

The power supply 26 may provide electrical power to operate theprocessor core complex 18 and/or other components in the electronicdevice 10, for example, via one or more power supply rails. Thus, thepower supply 26 may include any suitable source of electrical power,such as a rechargeable lithium polymer (Li-poly) battery and/or analternating current (AC) power converter. A power management integratedcircuit (PMIC) may control the provision and generation of electricalpower to the various components of the electronic device 10.

The I/O ports 16 may enable the electronic device 10 to interface withanother electronic device 10. For example, a portable storage device maybe connected to an I/O port 16, thereby enabling the electronic device10 to communicate data, such as image data, with the portable storagedevice.

The input devices 14 may enable a user to interact with the electronicdevice 10. For example, the input devices 14 may include one or morebuttons, one or more keyboards, one or more mice, one or more trackpads,and/or the like. Additionally, the input devices 14 may include touchsensing components implemented in the electronic display 12, asdescribed further herein. The touch sensing components may receive userinputs by detecting occurrence and/or position of an object contactingthe display surface of the electronic display 12.

In addition to enabling user inputs, the electronic display 12 mayprovide visual representations of information by displaying one or moreimages (e.g., image frames or pictures). For example, the electronicdisplay 12 may display a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operatingsystem, an application interface, text, a still image, or video content.To facilitate displaying images, the electronic display 12 may include adisplay panel with one or more display pixels. The display pixels mayrepresent sub-pixels that each control a luminance of one colorcomponent (e.g., red, green, or blue for a red-green-blue (RGB) pixelarrangement).

The electronic display 12 may display an image by controlling theluminance of its display pixels based at least in part image dataassociated with corresponding image pixels in image data. In someembodiments, the image data may be generated by an image source, such asthe processor core complex 18, a graphics processing unit (GPU), animage sensor, and/or memory 20 or storage devices 22. Additionally, insome embodiments, image data may be received from another electronicdevice 10, for example, via the network interface 24 and/or an I/O port16.

One example of the electronic device 10, specifically a handheld device10A, is shown in FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 is a front view of the handheld device10A representing an example of the electronic device 10. The handhelddevice 10A may be a portable phone, a media player, a personal dataorganizer, a handheld game platform, and/or the like. For example, thehandheld device 10A may be a smart phone, such as any iPhone® modelavailable from Apple Inc.

The handheld device 10A includes an enclosure 30 (e.g., housing). Theenclosure 30 may protect interior components from physical damage and/orshield them from electromagnetic interference. In the depictedembodiment, the electronic display 12 is displaying a graphical userinterface (GUI) 32 having an array of icons 34. By way of example, whenan icon 34 is selected either by an input device 14 or a touch sensingcomponent of the electronic display 12, an application program maylaunch.

Input devices 14 may be provided through the enclosure 30. As describedabove, the input devices 14 may enable a user to interact with thehandheld device 10A. For example, the input devices 14 may enable theuser to activate or deactivate the handheld device 10A, navigate a userinterface to a home screen, navigate a user interface to auser-configurable application screen, activate a voice-recognitionfeature, provide volume control, and/or toggle between vibrate and ringmodes. The I/O ports 16 also open through the enclosure 30. The I/Oports 16 may include, for example, a Lightning® or Universal Serial Bus(USB) port.

The electronic device 10 may take the form of a tablet device 10B, asshown in FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a front view of the tablet device 10Brepresenting an example of the electronic device 10. By way of example,the tablet device 10B may be any iPad® model available from Apple Inc. Afurther example of a suitable electronic device 10, specifically acomputer 10C, is shown in FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a front view of thecomputer 10C representing an example of the electronic device 10. By wayof example, the computer 10C may be any MacBook® or iMac® modelavailable from Apple Inc. Another example of a suitable electronicdevice 10, specifically a watch 10D, is shown in FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 arefront and side views of the watch 10D representing an example of theelectronic device. By way of example, the watch 10D may be any AppleWatch® model available from Apple Inc. As depicted, the tablet device10B, the computer 10C, and the watch 10D all include respectiveelectronic displays 12, input devices 14, I/O ports 16, and enclosures30.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a display pixel array 50 of the electronicdisplay 12. It should be understood that, in an actual implementation,additional or fewer components may be included in the display pixelarray 50. The electronic display 12 may receive any suitable image data(e.g., compensated image data 74) for presentation on the electronicdisplay 12. The compensated image data 74 is referred to as compensatedbecause it may have been processed to account for specific operationalvariations (e.g., to avoid exceeding a threshold value of average pixellevel or average pixel luminance) in the electronic display 12. Theelectronic display 12 includes display driver circuitry that includesscan driver circuitry 76 and data driver circuitry 78. The displaydriver circuitry controls programing the compensated image data 74 intothe display pixels 54 for presentation of an image frame via lightemitted according to each respective bit of compensated image data 74programmed into one or more of the display pixels 54.

The display pixels 54 may each include one or more self-emissiveelements, such as a light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (e.g., organic lightemitting diodes (OLEDs) or micro-LEDs (μLEDs)); however, other pixelsmay be used with the systems and methods described herein including butnot limited to liquid-crystal devices (LCDs), digital mirror devices(DMD), or the like, and include use of displays that use differentdriving methods than those described herein, including partial imageframe presentation modes, variable refresh rate modes, or the like.

Different display pixels 54 may emit different colors. For example, someof the display pixels 54 may emit red light, some may emit green light,and some may emit blue light. Thus, the display pixels 54 may be drivento emit light at different brightness levels to cause a user viewing theelectronic display 12 to perceive an image formed from different colorsof light. The display pixels 54 may also correspond to hue and/orluminance levels of a color to be emitted and/or to alternative colorcombinations, such as combinations that use red (R), green (G), blue(B), or others.

The scan driver circuitry 76 may provide scan signals (e.g., pixelreset, data enable, on-bias stress, emission (EM)) on scan lines 80 tocontrol the display pixels 54 by row. For example, the scan drivercircuitry 76 may cause a row of the display pixels 54 to become enabledto receive a portion of the compensated image data 74 from data lines 82from the data driver circuitry 78. In this way, an image frame of thecompensated image data 74 may be programmed onto the display pixels 54row by row. Other examples of the electronic display 12 may program thedisplay pixels 54 in groups other than by row. When the scan drivercircuitry 76 provides an emission signal to certain pixels 54, thosepixels 54 may emit light according to the compensated image data 74 withwhich those pixels 54 were programmed. The pattern by which the emissionsignal is provided to the pixels 54 may be based on an emission profile.

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an emission profile 700 that may beimplemented on the electronic display 12 of the electronic device 10,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As previouslydiscussed, the emission profile 700 may be applied to the electronicdisplay 12 in order to illuminate (e.g., based on emission pulses 702)certain pixels (e.g., a pixel or group of pixels of the display pixels54) and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain other display pixels 54 inthe electronic display 12. The emission profile 700 may shift over timesuch that the emission profile 700 illuminates certain other pixels anddeactivates certain other pixels. FIG. 8 is an illustration of theemission profile 700 after the emission profile 700 has shifted toilluminate additional rows of display pixels 54. As previously stated,an emission profile may include any appropriate number of pulses (e.g.,1 pulse, 2 pulses, 4 pulses, 10 pulses, and so on), may include avariety of shapes of pulses (e.g., evenly spaced horizontal pulses,evenly spaced vertical pulses, unevenly spaced diagonal pulses, and soon), and may include pulses of various pulse-widths based on a varietyof factors, such as which application is being displayed on theelectronic display, whether the end of an old frame or the beginning ofa new frame is displayed on the electronic display, and so on. As such,different EM profiles may change per-application, per-frame, or both.The different EM profiles may result in a variation in the average pixellevel and/or average pixel luminance of image data to be displayed onthe electronic display.

FIG. 9 is an illustration of a non-uniform emission profile 900implemented on the electronic display 12 of an electronic device (e.g.,the electronic device 10), according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As previously stated, an application running on theelectronic device 10 may determine the characteristics of the emissionprofile, such as the shape of the emission pulses, the number ofemission pulses, the uniformity of the emission pulses, and so on. Anapplication using intermediate frame pause (IFP) may effectuate anon-uniform emission profile such as the non-uniform emission profile900. Applications that use IFP may include certain fine-graintouch-sensitive applications, such as applications using drawings orwriting with a stylus. Emission profile tracking in applications thatuse IFP may enable accurate tracking of panel content loading and mayreduce or avoid altogether front-of-screen interaction with and withoutstylus operation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the emission profile in a normal frame(e.g., 1002) and the emission profile in an IFP frame (e.g., 1008),according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As previouslydiscussed, the emission profile may vary by application or may even varyframe-by-frame. The variation of the emission profile with IFP operationmay affect panel content loading. The normal frame 1002 may have anormal emission profile 1004. The normal emission profile 1004 mayinclude four pulses 1006 per frame. The IFP frame 1008 may have an IFPemission profile 1010, which may likewise include four pulses 1006 perframe. Due to the variation in panel content loading, the IFP emissionprofile 1010 may only update certain emission pulses (e.g., may onlyupdate every third or fourth emission pulse 702). As such, a frame pulsewindow 1014 may be inserted into the IFP emission profile 1010. Theframe pulse window 1014 may be used by an operating system orapplication of the electronic device 10 to perform any suitable taskthat benefits from a lack of illumination in the area of the electronicdisplay 12 corresponding to the frame pulse window 1014. For example,the operating system or an application of the electronic device mayperform lower-noise touch sensing in the area of the electronic display12 corresponding to the frame pulse window 1014. Indeed, by tracking theframe pulse window 1014, any tasks that benefit from a lack ofillumination may be performed on the portion of the electronic display12 that is not currently illuminated. These tasks may include, forexample, touch sensing (e.g., for a finger or stylus) or under-displaylight sensing (e.g., using an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, orcamera).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method 1100 for receiving and tracking anemission profile (e.g., the emission profile 700), according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. In process block 1102, theelectronic device 10 (e.g., the processor core complex 18 of theelectronic device 10) receives the emission profile for a current imageframe to be displayed on the electronic display 12. Based on thecharacteristics of the emission profile (e.g., shape of emission pulses,number of emission pulses, and so on), in process block 1104 theprocessor core complex 18 may adjust certain operating parameters of theelectronic device 10 or perform operations related to the electronicdisplay 12 based on the emission profile. These operating parametersand/or operations may include, but are not limited to peak luminancecontrol (e.g., real-time peak luminance control); voltage (IR) droploading compensation; maintaining luminance during persistence modechange; collecting (or compensating for noise in) under-display sensordata; and collecting (or compensating for noise) in touch sensor data.Each of these operating parameters and/or operations will be discussedin greater detail in the following sections.

Emission Tracking to Determine Average Pixel Level or Average PixelLuminance

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a method 1200 for receiving an emissionprofile (e.g., the emission profile 700) corresponding to particularimage frame data and determining, based on the emission profile, averagepixel level or average pixel luminance of the electronic display 12,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In process block1202, the processor core complex 18 receives the emission profile for acurrent image frame. In process block 1204, the processor core complex18 determines average pixel level or average pixel luminance for peakluminance control or IR drop loading compensation. The form of peakluminance control of this disclosure may limit pixel value (e.g., bylimiting the current driven to the display pixels 54) to avoidovercurrent while enabling high peak brightness from the electronicdisplay 12. Using the emission profile, the processor core complex 18may increase or maximize the accuracy of the average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance calculation, which may enable finer-grain peakluminance control. Performing peak luminance control using emissionprofile tracking will be discussed in greater detail below.

As current is delivered to display pixels 54 across a display panel ofthe electronic display 12, internal resistance of conductors andcomponents of the electronic display 12 may cause a drop in the voltagereceived by the display pixels 54; this may be referred to as IR drop.The average pixel level or average pixel luminance of a frame displayedon the electronic display 12 may affect the amount of current driven tothe display pixels 54, and thus may affect the IR drop experienced bythe display pixels 54. By using the emission profile to determineaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance, the processor corecomplex 18 may obtain a more accurate estimation of IR drop, andaccordingly make a digital or analog adjustment to compensate for the IRdrop.

FIG. 13 is a diagram of an average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation scheme 1300 used to determine frame average pixellevel or average pixel luminance by determining the average pixel levelor average pixel luminance for each row based on a given emissionprofile (e.g., the emission profile 700), according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. To calculate average pixel level or averagepixel luminance of the frame, the processor core complex 18 maydetermine the emission profile applied to the electronic display 12 fora given frame (e.g., determine the location of the emission pulses andthe emission masks). The processor core complex 18 may, based on theemission profile, determine the row mask value 1302 for each row ofdisplay pixels 54 in the electronic display 12. The row mask (RM) value1302 indicates which rows of display pixels 54 are illuminated (e.g.,are within the emission pulse) and which rows of display pixels 54 aredeactivated (e.g., are within the emission mask). For example, theprocessor core complex 18 may determine that a first row of displaypixels 54 (e.g., corresponding to row mask 1 (RM 1) 1302A) is within theemission pulse, and thus may set the value of RM 1 1302A to high (e.g.,set to a binary 1). The processor core complex may determine that row 2is also illuminated and likewise set RM 2 1302B high, while determiningthat rows N−1 and N are deactivated, and thus set RM N−1 1302C and RM N1302D low (e.g., set to a binary 0).

The processor core complex 18 may determine the row average pixel levelor average pixel luminance 1304 for each row of display pixels 54 in theelectronic display. For example, the processor core complex 18 maydetermine row 1 row average pixel level or average pixel luminance1304A, row 2 row average pixel level or average pixel luminance 1304B,row N−1 average pixel level or average pixel luminance 1304C, and row Naverage pixel level or average pixel luminance 1304D. In multiplicationblock 1306, the processor core complex 18 may multiply the row averagepixel level or average pixel luminance 1304 of each row by the row maskvalue 1302 to determine the frame average pixel level or average pixelluminance 1308 of the electronic display 12 for a given frame andemission profile. The processor core complex 18 may use the frameaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance 1308 for pixel luminancecontrol 1310 and/or IR drop adjustment 1312. Using the average pixellevel or average pixel luminance calculation scheme 1300, the processorcore complex 18 may repeat the row average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation for each row each for each frame. For example, ifthe display pixel array 50 of the electronic display 12 has 2,000 rowsof display pixels 54, for each frame, the row average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance 1304 may be calculated for all 2,000 rows.

FIG. 14 is a diagram of an average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation scheme 1400 used to determine the frame averagepixel level or average pixel luminance 1308 using an emission profiletracking scheme, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.Similarly to the average pixel level or average pixel luminancecalculation scheme 1300 in FIG. 3 , the average pixel level or averagepixel luminance calculation scheme 1400 may include determining frameaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance 1308 for an initial frameby multiplying the row average pixel level or average pixel luminance1304 of each row of display pixels 54 by the RM value 1302. However, theaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance calculation scheme 1400may not necessarily recalculate the row average pixel level or averagepixel luminance of each row to determine the frame average pixel levelor average pixel luminance. Instead, the average pixel level or averagepixel luminance calculation scheme 1400 may use an emission profiletracking scheme to identify the rows that experienced a change, andupdate the average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculationfor those particular rows. In certain embodiments, as the old frameexits and the new frame enters the electronic display 12, the emissionprofile tracking scheme 1405 may, via an entering row counter 1408,track entering rows 1402 (e.g., rows that indicate the beginning of anemission pulse 702 and the end of the emission mask 704) and may track,via an exit row counter 1414, exit rows 1404 (e.g., rows that indicatethe end of the emission pulse and the beginning of the emission mask704) of the emission profile, and accumulate the entering row averagepixel level or average pixel luminance 1406 for the entering rows 1402and remove values accumulated for the exit row average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance 1412 for the exit rows 1404. Indeed, if theimage frame is otherwise unchanged but for those entering rows that arenow being illuminated and those exiting rows that are no longer beingilluminated, the calculation may only add the entering rows and subtractthe exiting rows to obtain the average pixel level or average pixelluminance.

For example, if the emission profile includes four pulses, there may befour areas of entering rows 1402 and four areas of exit rows 1404 (e.g.,at least one row per area) and the display pixel array 50 of theelectronic display 12. Initially, the row average pixel level or averagepixel luminance 1304 may be calculated for all rows. However, upon entryof a new frame, the row average pixel level or average pixel luminance1304 may be recalculated for the four areas of entering rows 1402 andthe four areas of exit rows 1404, instead of for all 2,000 rows in thedisplay pixel array 50. This may conserve processing power, energy, andmemory, as the memory storage may only store data for 2*K rows (e.g., 2counters and K is the number of pulses in the emission profile) insteadof all rows.

At block 1410 the processor core complex 18 multiplies the entering rowaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance 1406 for each enteringrow by a corresponding value of the entering row counter 1408 value. Atblock 1416, the processor core complex 18 multiplies the exit rowaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance 1412 for each exit row bya corresponding value of the exit row counter 1414. The product of block1410 is added to a frame average pixel level or average pixel luminanceaccumulator 1418 and the product of block 1416 is subtracted from theaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance accumulator 1418. Assuch, the frame average pixel level or average pixel luminance 1308 ofthe electronic device 10 is calculated by accounting for the enteringrows 1402 and removing the exit rows 1404, as the exit rows 1404 are nolonger illuminated. The frame average pixel level or average pixelluminance 1308 may then be used to assist in pixel luminance control1310 and/or may be used to assist in IR drop adjustment 1312.

FIG. 15 includes a timing diagram 1502 and a graph 1520 illustratingentering rows 1402 and exiting rows 1404 as a previous frame 1504 exitsthe electronic display 12 and a current frame 1506 enters the electronicdisplay 12, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In thetiming diagram 1502, the emission profile for the previous frame 1504includes four pulses indicated by the four entering rows 1402 (e.g.,N′_(K), N′_(K−1), N′₂, and N′₁) and the four exit rows 1404 (e.g.,M′_(K), M′_(K−1), M′₂, and M′₁). Similarly, the current frame 1506includes four pulses indicated by the four entering rows (e.g., N_(K),N_(K−1), N₂, and N₁) and the four exit rows 1404 (e.g., M_(K), M_(K−1),M₂, and M₁). 1508 represents the visible content of the electronicdisplay 12. As may be observed, the final two pulses of the previousframe 1504 (e.g., N′₂M′₂, and N′₁M′₁) and the initial two pulses of thecurrent frame 1506 are in the visible content 1508 of the electronicdisplay 12. The graph 1520 illustrates the emission profile shown in thediagram 1502 as the emission profile relates to the entering rowcounters 1408 and the exit row counters 1414.

FIG. 16 is a diagram 1600 illustrating an overview of the emissionprofile tracking scheme 1405 described in FIGS. 14 and 15 according toan embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 16 , thesystem-on-a-chip (SOC) 1602 sends display brightness value (DBV) data1604 and emission profile data 1606 to the emission profile trackingscheme 1405, where it is received by the emission profile processinglogic 1608. The emission profile processing logic 1608 processes the DBVdata 1604 and the emission profile data 1606 and sends the processed DBVdata 1604 and the processed emission profile data 1606 to an emissiontiming generation engine 1610 and to an emission profile tracking basedaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance engine 1611. A currentframe pulse counter 1612 and a previous frame pulse counter 1614 use theprocessed DBV data 1604 and the processed emission profile data 1606 totrack the pulses of the emission profile, and combine the trackedemission pulses with a frame average pixel level or average pixelluminance calculation 1616 to produce frame average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance 1618.

Average pixel level or average pixel luminance may be calculated bydividing a display panel into discrete regions. A current frame may beat the top of the display panel, a previous frame may be at the bottomof the display panel, and a current line may scan through the discreteregions of the display panel and update average pixel level or averagepixel luminance values of the discrete regions, resulting in updatedaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance values.

FIG. 17 is an example illustrating peak luminance control (e.g.,real-time peak luminance control) without the emission profile trackingscheme 1405, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Asmay be observed, the previous frame 1804 and corresponding previousluminance pattern 1802 begin at the top of the electronic display 12with a dark section 1808 (e.g., display pixels 54 deactivated, little tono power consumed by this section), and has an illuminated section 1810toward the bottom of the electronic display 12. The illuminated section1810 consists of a light load (e.g., small amount of power consumed inorder to illuminate the illuminated section 1810). In this scenario,peak luminance control may be superfluous and it may not be helpful tothrottle the power provided to the pixels at the bottom of theelectronic display 12, as the power consumed is not enough to exceedhardware limitations.

However, as the current frame 1814 and corresponding luminance pattern1812 are displayed on the electronic display 12, the illuminated section1820 consisting of a heavy load (e.g., large amount of power consumed inorder to illuminate the illuminated section 1820) may cause excess powerto be drawn in order to illuminate the illuminated section 1820. Thismay cause the peak luminance control to throttle the power consumed bythe electronic display 12 in order to prevent the electronic displayfrom exceeding hardware limitations. However, as the peak luminancecontrol in FIG. 17 is not using emission profile tracking to track theemission pulses 1806 and 1818, the peak luminance control may notaccount for the dark section 1822 and may assume that the entireelectronic display 12 is illuminated with the heavy load of theilluminated section 1820. As such, the peak luminance control mayestimate when and where to throttle the power consumed by the electronicdisplay, which may lead to unnecessary throttling before reaching thedark section 1822, which may negatively impact a viewing experience.

FIG. 18 illustrates unnecessary peak luminance control throttling in theelectronic display 12, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. Similarly to FIG. 17 , the peak luminance control of FIG. 18does not track emission pulses 1902 of the electronic display 12. As maybe observed, the luminance pattern 1900 displayed on the electronicdisplay 12 illuminates the top half of the electronic display 12 (e.g.,the display pixels 54 are turned on, drawing power) while the bottomhalf is dark (e.g., display pixels 54 are turned off, drawing little tono power). The peak luminance control may determine the power consumedto illuminate the top half and may incorrectly assume that level ofillumination will continue throughout the electronic display 12, andthus may exceed the power limitations of certain hardware components.Thus the peak luminance control may estimate a throttling location 1904based on the load present in the illuminated sections of the electronicdisplay 12, and throttle the power delivered to the bottom half of thedisplay.

FIG. 19 illustrates peak luminance control using the emission profiletracking scheme 1405, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As may be observed, the luminance pattern 1900 stillilluminates the top half of the electronic display 12 while the bottomhalf of the electronic display 12 remains dark. As the peak luminancecontrol is tracking the emission pulses 1902, the peak luminance controlreceives accurate average pixel level or average pixel luminanceinformation, and thus may determine that only the top half of theelectronic display 12 is illuminated and drawing power while the bottomhalf of the electronic display 12 is dark and drawing little to nopower. Based on this determination, the peak luminance control maydetermine that the electronic display 12 will not exceed powerlimitations, and thus will not perform any unnecessary throttling andmay avoid the reduced viewing quality that may result from theunnecessary throttling.

Emission Tracking in Persistence Modes

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a method 2100 for adjusting brightness orvoltage settings to account for different emission profiles used indifferent persistence modes, including during transitions betweendifferent persistence modes. In process block 2102, the processor corecomplex 18 may receive the emission profile for a current image frame intransition from one persistence mode to another persistence mode. Inprocess block 2104 the processor core complex 18 may, based on theemission profile, adjust brightness or voltage settings to improvepersistence.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating adjusting emission pulses (e.g., theemission pulses 702) to improve persistence, according to an embodimentof the present disclosure. In one particular example, a normal frame2214 (e.g., a frame displayed under a high persistence condition) mayinclude four emission pulses of even pulse-width per frame. A firsttransition frame 2216 may have four emission pulses 702. However,certain emission pulses (e.g., the second and fourth emission pulses inthe first transition frame 2216) may be of a lower-pulse width in orderto maintain image quality as the normal frame 2214 transitions to a lowpersistence condition. In a second transition frame 2218, certainemission pulses (e.g., the second and fourth emission pulses) may beremoved, leaving only the first and third emission pulses in theemission profile. In the low persistence frame 2220, only the firstemission pulse may be considered.

FIG. 22 is a diagram of a system 2300 for adjusting brightness orvoltage settings as discussed in FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 , according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 22 , the system-on-a-chip(SOC) 2302 sends DBV data 2304 and emission profile data 2306 to theemission profile tracking scheme 2310, where it is received by theemission profile processing logic 2312. The emission profile processinglogic 2312 processes the DBV data 2304 and the emission profile data2306 and sends the processed DBV data 2304 and the processed emissionprofile data 2306 to an emission timing generation engine 2314 and to abrightness compensation engine 2316. In the brightness compensationengine 2316, the brightness of the electronic display 12 may bedetermined based on emission pulses 2308 of the emission profile, andthe number of emission pulses 2308 may be adjusted, the pulse-widths ofthe emission pulses 2308 may be adjusted, or both. Based on thebrightness compensation determined by the brightness compensation engine2316, a brightness or voltage setting adjustment 2318 may be output tothe electronic display 12.

Emission Tracking for Under-Display Sensing

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a method 2400 for receiving an emissionprofile (e.g., the emission profile 700) for a current image frame andcollecting or compensating under-display sensor data based on theemission profile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.Sensors may be placed under the electronic display 12 for a variety ofreasons. For example, an under-display sensor may include a touch sensorto enable touch control on a touchscreen-enabled display. Anunder-display sensor may also include a light sensor that senses ambientlight and transmits ambient light data to the processor core complex 18.The processor core complex 18 may receive the measurement of ambientlight data and adjust the brightness of the electronic display 12accordingly. In process block 2402, the processor core complex 18 mayreceive the emission profile for a current image frame. In process block2404, the processor core complex may compensate under-display sensordata based on the emission profile received by the processor corecomplex 18.

FIG. 24 is a diagram 2500 illustrating an under-display sensor (e.g.,2502) described above, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As previously stated, the under-display sensor 2502 maycollect data on ambient light 2504. However, to reduce or avoid noisefrom illuminated display pixels and ensure the data collected is fromthe ambient light 2504, the under-display sensor 2502 may only collectdata when the display pixels 54 above the under-display sensor 2502 areturned off (e.g., when the emission mask 704 is applied to the displaypixels above the under-display sensor 2502). By tracking the emissionpulses and the emission masks 704 of the emission profile, the processorcore complex 18 may determine when the emission mask 704 is in aposition such that the under-display sensor 2502 may collect data on theambient light 2504 with reduced (e.g., minimal or no) noise from thedisplay pixels 54 illuminated by the emission pulse 702.

The graph 2506 illustrates a model of desired amplitude 2508 of theemission pulse in relation to a pixel 2510 disposed above theunder-display sensor 2502. The processor core complex 18 may, based onthe emission profile received (e.g., as discussed in FIG. 23 ) determinethe amplitude 2508 of the emission pulse may be at its greatest pointfurthest away from the pixel 2510 and reduces to zero or near-zerodirectly above the pixel 2510. When the amplitude 2508 of the emissionpulse is at zero or near zero, the processor core complex 18 may send anactivate signal to the under-display sensor 2502 disposed directly belowthe pixel 2510, such that the under-display sensor 2502 may collect dataon the ambient light 2504 with little to no interference from anilluminated display pixel. As the processor core complex 18 determinesthat the amplitude 2508 of the emission pulse begins to increase, theprocessor core complex 18 may send a deactivate signal to theunder-display sensor 2502, causing the under-display sensor to stopcollecting data on the ambient light 2504.

Emission Tracking for Touch Sensor Noise Reduction or Compensation

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a method 2600 for receiving an emissionprofile (e.g., the emission profile 700) for a current image frame and,based on the emission profile, compensating touch sensor noise due toemission current, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.As previously discussed, an under-display sensor may include a touchsensor to enable touch control on a touchscreen-enabled display.Similarly to the under-display sensor 2502 discussed in FIG. 24 , anunder-display, in-display, or over-display touch sensor may experiencenoise due to an emission current that may be driven to a display pixel54 to illuminate the display pixel 54. Such noise may lead to inaccuratetouch sensing operation. The processor core complex 18 may receive theemission profile, and by tracking the emission pulses and emissionsmasks 704 of the emission profile, may determine a level of noise thatmay be experienced by the under-display touch sensor. Based on thedetermined noise experienced by the under-display touch sensor, theprocessor core complex 18 may determine a level of emission currentnoise compensation and account for the emission current noisecompensation when sending a signal to the under-display touch sensor tomitigate interference associated with the emission current noise.

For example, if the processor core complex 18 determines, based ontracking the emission profile, that an emission pulse is occurring atthe same region of the display that the touch sensor is currentlysensing, the processor core complex 18 may apply a greater compensationdue to the greater emission current and associated increase in risk ofemission current noise. If the processor core complex 18 determines,based on tracking the emission profile, that an emission pulse is notoccurring at the same region of the display that the touch sensor iscurrently sensing, the processor core complex 18 may apply a lessercompensation or no compensation due the decreased emission current orabsence of emission current and thus due to the reduced risk of emissioncurrent noise.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram of a portion of the electronic device 10. Theelectronic device 10 includes a processing subsystem 2702 and anintegrated image and touch display 2704. The processing subsystem 2702may represent the processor core complex 18 and may include an imageprocessing system 2706 and a touch processing system 2708. The imageprocessing system 2706 may receive image data and generate display scandata 2710 based on image processing operations and a global brightnessvalue 2712.

The global brightness value 2712 may refer to an input received viamanual or automated controls to brighten or dim the electronic display12 perceived brightness at a global or display-panel wide adjustmentlevel. The global brightness value 2712 may be associated with a definedgray level to luminosity relationship to associate a numerical graylevel to a resulting light intensity emitted from the electronic display12. For example, the global brightness value 2712 may reduce aluminosity of a 255 gray level such that a pixel driven with image dataindicating a 255 gray level actually emits at a 50% of maximumintensity. Indeed, the global brightness value 2712 may trigger an imageframe-wide brightness adjustment for a brightness permitted at a maximumgray level value.

The display scan data 2710 may include (e.g., be generated based on)indications of pixel luminance data 2714, such as indications of graylevels at which to operate one or more of the display pixels 54 of theintegrated image and touch display 2704 transmitted as part of anaverage pixel level or average pixel luminance map (average pixel levelor average pixel luminance map). In some systems, the image processingsystem 2706 may use one or more display pipelines, image processingoperations, or the like, when processing the image data to generate thedisplay scan data 2710. The image processing system 2706 may transmitthe pixel luminance data 2714 and the global brightness value 2712 tothe touch processing system 2708.

The integrated image and touch display 2704 may use the display scandata 2710 when generating control signals to cause the display pixels 54to emit light. It may be desired for touch sensing operations to occursubstantially simultaneous or perceivably simultaneously to thepresentation of the image frames via the integrated image and touchdisplay 2704. The touch sensing operations may generate touch scan data2716, which the integrated image and touch display 2704 may transmit tothe touch processing system 2708.

In some systems, the pixel luminance data 2714 may be averaged.Furthermore, the display scan data 2710 and/or the touch scan data 2716may be handled on a row-by-row basis of a pixel map, such as atwo-dimensional (2D) map (e.g., a vector of a computational matrix).

The specific embodiments described above have been shown by way ofexample, and it should be understood that these embodiments may besusceptible to various modifications and alternative forms. It should befurther understood that the claims are not intended to be limited to theparticular forms disclosed, but rather to cover all modifications,equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope ofthis disclosure.

The techniques presented and claimed herein are referenced and appliedto material objects and concrete examples of a practical nature thatdemonstrably improve the present technical field and, as such, are notabstract, intangible or purely theoretical. Further, if any claimsappended to the end of this specification contain one or more elementsdesignated as “means for [perform]ing [a function] . . . ” or “step for[perform]ing [a function] . . . ,” it is intended that such elements areto be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f). However, for any claimscontaining elements designated in any other manner, it is intended thatsuch elements are not to be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f).

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What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device comprising: a processorconfigured to generate image data and emission profiles for anelectronic display; an electronic display panel configured to displaythe image data according to the emission profiles; and processingcircuitry configured to perform an operation related to the electronicdisplay panel based at least in part on the emission profiles.
 2. Theelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises computingan average pixel level or average pixel luminance of image data to bedisplayed on the electronic display based at least in part on theemission profiles.
 3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein theprocessing circuitry is configured to compute the average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance using a mask defined according to one or more ofthe emission profiles.
 4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein theprocessing circuitry is configured to: multiply an average pixel levelor average pixel luminance of respective rows of the image data to bedisplayed on the electronic display with respective elements of themask; and accumulate the results to obtain the average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance of the image data to be displayed on theelectronic display.
 5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein theprocessing circuitry is configured to compute the average pixel level oraverage pixel luminance of the image data to be displayed on theelectronic display at least in part by accumulating an average pixellevel or average pixel luminance of respective rows that are activatedby a current emission profile of the emission profiles for a currentimage frame with respect to a previous emission profile of the emissionprofiles for a previous image frame.
 6. The electronic device of claim2, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to compute the averagepixel level or average pixel luminance based at least in part onregional average pixel level or average pixel luminances correspondingto two-dimensional regions of the electronic display panel and theemission profiles.
 7. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein theoperation comprises peak luminance control of the electronic displaypanel, loading compensation of voltage drop of the electronic displaypanel, or a combination thereof.
 8. The electronic device of claim 1,wherein the processing circuitry is configured to adjust a brightnesssetting or voltage setting of the electronic display panel over a periodto account for a change in the emission profiles over the period thatincrease or reduce a total area illuminated per image frame.
 9. Theelectronic device of claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry isconfigured to increase the brightness setting or voltage setting of theelectronic display panel in response to the emission profiles over theperiod changing to reduce the total area illuminated per image frame.10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processing circuitryis configured to reduce the brightness setting or voltage setting of theelectronic display panel in response to the emission profiles over theperiod changing to increase the total area illuminated per image frame.11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitryis configured to: determine whether a region of the electronic displaypanel is not emitting light based at least in part on one of theemission profiles, wherein the region of the electronic display panel atleast partly covers an under-display sensor; and in response todetermining that the region of the electronic display panel is notemitting light, collect under-display sensor data.
 12. The electronicdevice of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured toreceive touch sensor data and compensate the touch sensor data for noisebased at least in part on the emissions profiles.
 13. A methodcomprising: receiving an emission profile corresponding to an imageframe to be displayed on an electronic display; and performing anoperation involving the electronic display based at least in part on theemission profile.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the operationcomprises real-time peak luminance control or voltage drop loadingcompensation based at least in part on an average pixel level or averagepixel luminance determined in accordance with the emission profile. 15.The method of claim 13, wherein the operation comprises adjusting theemission profile to improve persistence.
 16. The method of claim 13,comprising collecting or compensating under-display sensor data based atleast in part on the emission profile.
 17. The method of claim 13,comprising compensating touch sensor data to account for noise due toemission indicated by the emission profile.
 18. An electronic display,comprising: display circuitry configured to apply one or more emissionprofiles; and a display panel comprising a plurality of pixelscommunicatively coupled to the display panel, wherein the plurality ofpixels are configured to emit light based at least in part on the one ormore emission profiles.
 19. The electronic display of claim 18,comprising a plurality of touch sensors communicatively coupled to thedisplay panel.
 20. The electronic display of claim 19, wherein thedisplay circuitry is configured to, in response to receivinginstructions from a processor, compensate touch sensor noise experiencedby the plurality of touch sensors due to an emission current.